War Is a Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone
Washington risks Americans’ lives in wars of choice, then uses their deaths to justify more war.
Washington risks Americans’ lives in wars of choice, then uses their deaths to justify more war.
The New Yorker sued for photos of the Haditha killings in Iraq—and found audio of a Marine general bragging about covering up those photos.
While the former congressman cares a lot about war powers, he has often flip-flopped on actually enforcing Congress’ red lines.
The late U.S. diplomat helped form America’s policies towards Iran, Iraq, and Israel. By the end of his life, he'd had enough.
The president's decision to drop out after insisting he never would continued a pattern established by a long career of politically convenient reversals.
The close Trump ally tried to argue that more aggressive U.S. policy in the Middle East would help the U.S. get out of the Middle East.
Many of the Washington hawks calling for war with Iran had sworn up and down that more pressure was not a path to war.
U.S. officials ritualistically tout their respect for Iraq’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, but every U.S. president over the last three decades has bombed Iraq in some way.
The psychologist and poker champion says too many of us don't understand the power of knowing when to walk away.
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But his cynical brand of realism did at least lead him to caution against some of America's ideological military adventures.
The GOP nominee can forge a humbler path on foreign policy—or turn back to failed neoconservatism.
Revoking the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for the use of military force would be a good start, but the 2001 authorization has been used dozens of times to justify conflicts in numerous countries.
The Kentucky Republican also expressed disappointment that Congress has not repealed the war on terror authorization of military force.
Are we stumbling into disaster? Again?
Bolton says the Bush administration's biggest error in Iraq was failing to invade Iran too. That's madness.
There’s no vital U.S. interest served by this indefinite advise-and-assist mission in the region.
Lawmakers are once again trying to reclaim their war powers through AUMF repeal.
It was a blunder. Worse than that, it was a crime.
The first female speaker of the House leaves behind a legacy of big government liberalism.
But a few remnants of post-9/11 foreign and domestic policy still need to be thrown out.
The former secretary of state died today at the age of 84 after a long and complicated career in U.S. foreign policy.
Today's journalists aren't speaking truth to power by not-so-subtly agitating for direct military involvement in Ukraine.
"Anyone in a black suit and a black mask can break into my house and take me and kill my family."
A leading proponent of the invasion of Iraq vs. the editorial director of Antiwar.com.
I witnessed firsthand how U.S. actions that favored one group inevitably angered another, which is why the war is an endless game of whack-a-mole.
It may look like Congress is reclaiming its constitutional war powers, but the president still has plenty of ways to justify his military actions.
Upon his passing, it's worth remembering how badly things can go when a man has such great power, even a man with elements of conventional decency.
Repeal would do little to change how Congress and the president collaborate—or don't—on military operations.
Repealing the law that allowed America to depose Saddam Hussein won't stop us from waging war elsewhere.
A significant portion of the world views the U.S. as a threat to democracy in their home countries.
Just keep an eye on the small print. The wars might officially end while still allowing inappropriate military meddling.
His rumored candidate for CIA director, Michael Morell, is raising alarms.
It's unclear what Biden will ultimately be able to accomplish as president, but he has been trying to bring transformative change since the 1970s.
The documentary Coup 53 explores how a seemingly easy regime change wrecked U.S. foreign policy for decades.
Trump even vetoed a bill that would stop him from military action in Iran without congressional approval.
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On crime, drugs, immigration, and foreign policy, his 44-year policy record is a cautionary tale of bipartisanship in response to perceived crises.
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Few people are buying the U.S. government's unconvincing explanations about "imminent" threats.
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It's good to hear Biden admit that his initial vote to go to war was a mistake, but he continued to support the war well after it was clearly a disaster.
A smart foreign policy includes the consideration of unintended consequences.
“Let’s vote on this and see who is serious about ending forever wars.”
But their rhetorical tricks no longer bewitch a war-weary nation.
Be skeptical of the spymasters.
History shows that expertise is not the same as wisdom.